The Birth Geeks' Podcast

In this 11th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, Hillary interviews Dr. Ginger Breedlove. They talk all about activism as a childbirth professional, Midwestern kindness, the importance of qualitative data, how childbirth professionals can help March for Moms, and her latest co-authored book: Nobody Told Me About That. Dr. Breedlove has a treasure trove of stories and information at her fingertips,...

In this 10th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, Robin interviews Sarah Juliusson who has been a birth doula & childbirth educator for more than 20 years, and The Website Doula for more than 8! They talk all about making your website stand out and how to be a more effective and attention catching content writer. Hint: self-care is an important component! Hillary also reviews some brand new qualita...

In this 9th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, Robin interviews Sharon Muza about being an independent childbirth educator in Seattle, Washington, along with all the other hats that she wears as a childbirth professional. They talk about competing with Elvis for students' attention, the horrors of Seattle traffic, & how to communicate with expecting parents without scaring them. Hillary reviews s...

Let's face it, living life on call comes with some challenges that not all new childbirth professionals know. On this eighth episode of The Birth Geeks podcast, Hillary and Robin talk about what the day to day looks like when they are on call including dos and don't. Family impacts and strategies for mitigating planning challenges are also part of the conversation, as well as some geek reveals and...

Listening is a skill that we have to really perfect as childbirth professionals, and hearing birth stories again and again can be challenging for many different reasons. In this 7th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, Robin & Hillary discuss ways to stay grounded and fix your face even when listening to misinformed horror stories at a party. There is also a little assignment at the end for those t...

Michelle Branco talks with The Birth Geeks about health communications and risk-based language in childbirth education and interactions in pregnancy and early parenting. 

In this 5th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast Hillary chats with social media guru Liz Jostes from Eli Rose Social Media. They chat about the best reason to use social media for your small business marketing strategy, specific tools for better targeting your marketing across platforms and warming up your audience, and why content creation is so important. Liz even shares a few equipment tips and...

In this 4th episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast, Robin interviews Ann Grauer, AdvCD/BDT(DONA), AdvPCD/PDT(DONA), LCCE, FACCE, IBCLC, RLC who  celebrates 2019 as her 30th year of working with expectant, birthing and new families. A past president of DONA International (2003-05), Ann created Wisconsin's first hospital-based doula program and has consulted for programs in other states. She trains birt...

In this 3rd episode of The Birth Geeks Podcast Hillary interviews Molly Mendota AdvCD/BDT(DONA), LCCE, CLS, SpBCPE.  Together they discuss the importance of self-care as a doula and how Hillary tried to skip Molly's lesson about it at a conference! They also talk about different ways that doulas practice, being a doula trainer, and non-profit doula organizations. Molly is a delightfully insightful...

Last time, you met Robin, but this time, we're going to introduce you to Birth Geek Hillary! She's a wicked smart and funny doula and childbirth educator who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the podcast. With her background as an anthropologist, she's got a real eye for details that most of us miss on initial observation and she uses her special powers for good. 

Of course we wanted to start our podcast with an introduction to who the heck we are! In this episode Hillary interviews Robin Elise Weiss, her fellow Birth Geek so that we can get to know her a little better. Robin was the 20th DONA certified doula (trained by Penny Simkin herself) and is amazingly knowledgeable about all things birth and beyond. She also has some great long-game perspective abou...

This is a short silly little introduction to our podcast. You can find out more at out website and seriously, we've got some BIG plans coming!